Cricket

Bangladesh-Zimbabwe series begins today Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are geared up for what their coaches have described as the potential battle of spinners, which begins at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. The first match of the five-match one-day international series will begin at 9:00am and will be aired live on Bangladesh Television

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal received a morale booster before his comeback to the international match against Zimbabwe when he was handed the certificate of Wisden Test Player of the Year on Tuesday. Tamim, who missed Bangladesh’s previous series against New Zealand because of his injury, received the certificate from none other than Sakib al Hasan, ... Read more

A thrilling start From the viewers’ perspective, the 1987 World Cup can lay claim to being the most thrilling. A large number of matches, including the final, were close with the result not clear till the last over. For sheer drama and late twists, the match of the tournament probably was the one between hosts ... Read more

Bangladesh need to give their best if they want to beat Zimbabwe in the impending five-match one-day international series, warned coach Jaime Siddons on Monday. ‘Zimbabwe came here to play good cricket and they are an improving team. We’ve to be at our best and ensure that we maintain rhythm,’ Siddons said at the

The Bangladesh Cricket Board XI gave Zimbabwe a lesson of what they should expect in the five-match series winning the lone warm-up match by 29 runs at the BKSP on Monday. Young leg-spinner Nur Hossain produced a magic spell and 20-year-old BKSP boy Asif Ahmed, an off-spinner with high promise, aided him with 2-22 as ... Read more

New stars galore World Cups often work as a process of regeneration as new upstarts start to take centre stage and old hands move to the side, leaving their final marks on public memory by performing in a global event. So it was with the 1987 World Cup, where a lot of champion cricketers took ... Read more

Bangladesh cricket’s most popular face Shakib Al Hasan yesterday joined an elite group of cricketers from around the world as the International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed him the Think Wise campaign spokesperson for Bangladesh. The campaign aims at raising awareness about HIV and AIDs in order to make a positive impact

Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, ending Sachin Tendulkar’s short-lived stay at the head of the table. Sangakkara’s performance in the first two Tests of the ongoing series against West Indies coincided with Tendulkar’s modest returns against New Zealand, leading to

Mashrafee, Tamim, Ashraful return for Zimbabwe series The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday put to rest all the speculations over the captaincy of the national side when it retained all-rounder Sakib al Hasan for the prestigious post for next month’s one-day international series against Zimbabwe. The BCB named a 15-member squad for the five-match series ... Read more

Coach Allan Butcher feels Zimbabwe have a good chance to put a brake on Bangladesh’s winning spree in the upcoming five-match one-day series beginning on December 1. Bangladesh, who never lost a series to Zimbabwe at home in the last five years, will begin the series as the firm favourites having beaten a full-strength

Aussies open Cup account The 1987 World Cup was the first to be held outside England, co-hosted by India and Pakistan. The teams were the same as in 1983, and the format was also the same; eight teams in two groups of four, with teams playing each other twice, and the top two to progress ... Read more

Sakib al Hasan said he took over the captaincy for the Zimbabwe series very reluctantly as he was not mentally prepared for the job. ‘I did not want to be captain until the World Cup. It was just my personal choice, nothing else. I was not prepared for the job in

Divisional cricket should get the focus if the Bangladesh Cricket Board wants to take the game forward, suggested former national captains during a meeting with chief executive officer Manzur Ahmed on Sunday. Manzur, who took over the charge in September, invited the former skippers for an introductory meeting where various issues involving Bangladesh cricket came up ... Read more

Partex Sporting Club and Eskaton Sabuj Sangha notched up 6-wicket victories against their respective opponents in the First Division Cricket League yesterday. At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Partex bowled City Club out for 190 runs in 49.2 overs. Sadaf Sarker (86) was the only notable scorer in the

Bangladesh will feel the pinch as the expectation from them is too high, Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura said on Saturday, conceding that they will start the five-match one-day series as clear underdogs. Zimbabwe did not win any series in Bangladesh in the last five years despite retaining almost the same squad that they sent in ... Read more

Cup facts Eight teams participated in the 1983 World Cup, the third consecutive cricket World Cup to be hosted in England, and the third overall. The participating teams were India, West Indies, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka

Sakib al Hasan, the number one all-rounder in the one-day ranking, hailed the first ever Asian Games gold medal winning cricket team for their brilliant achievement. Bangladesh has shown promises but was never able to win a gold medal in any discipline despite being regular participants since the Tehran Games in

Opener Shahriar Nafees was made captain to lead a 14-member squad of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI in a warm-up match against the visiting Zimbabwe at the BKSP on November 29. Pace bowler Syed Rasel will act his deputy in the 50-over game. The BCB XI include Alok Kapali, the highest run-scorer in the ... Read more

Hossain’s 68 took Bangladesh Boys to a facile five-wicket win over North Bengal Cricket Academy in the First Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first, North Bengal made 205-6 in 50 overs with Atique scoring an unbeaten 61. But Hossain’s half-century was enough for Bangladesh Boys as they romped home

Zimbabwe arrive in Dhaka The Zimbabwe cricket team arrived in Dhaka yesterday hoping for some competitive cricket against the in-form Tigers during their five-match one-day international series. Despite Bangladesh’s recent 4-0 drubbing of New Zealand on home soil, Zimbabwe’s leading batsman Hamilton Masakadza believes the Africans have a